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CHApTER EIgHT<br />

The early 2000s<br />

saw a signific<strong>an</strong>t<br />

upturn in<br />

primary<br />

commodity prices<br />

After two decades<br />

of low prices, the<br />

nominal price of<br />

m<strong>an</strong>y primary<br />

commodities rose<br />

markedly from<br />

2002, reaching <strong>an</strong><br />

all-time high in<br />

mid-2008.<br />

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Figure 8.3 Monthly commodity price indices by commodity group, J<strong>an</strong>uary 2000–May 2012 (2000=100)<br />

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Price Index – All groups (in terms of current dollars)<br />

Price Index – All groups (in terms of SDRs)<br />

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Vegetable oilseeds <strong>an</strong>d oils<br />

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EuropE<strong>an</strong> rEport on DEvElopmEnt 2013<br />

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Minerals, ores <strong>an</strong>d metals<br />

Crude petroleum average of all varieties<br />

(in $ barrel)<br />

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